YC W26's Terminal Use Launches Deployment Platform for Filesystem-Based AI Agents
Filip Balucha, Stavros, and Vivek from Terminal Use launched their Y Combinator Winter 2026 company on Hacker News on March 9, 2026, receiving 80 points. The platform provides infrastructure for deploying AI agents that work in sandboxed environments, treating filesystems as first-class primitives separate from task lifecycles. The team positions Terminal Use as "Vercel for filesystem-based agents," targeting developers who need to manage agent packaging, sandboxing, state persistence, and file transfers.